When the family woke up, smoke had already filled their kitchen and the front of the house was on fire.

The Maury County Fire Department arrived soon after the family called 911. Most of the damage was confined to the outside of the house and is repairable, but Morrison said the siding will have to be replaced.

Morrison said the lights were purchased from Walmart and were used only for a couple weeks before the fire broke out.

“Our mistake was leaving them on 24/7, we thought because it was only one strand of lights and we weren't overloading an outlet, we would be okay. It is the most terrifying thing to be woken up to a fire on your home,” Morrison wrote.